I don't know how some of you can use the finger under the faucet method. Me? I am not that talented. Days in advance of a water change day I have gallon jugs of replacement water with conditioner sitting in the corner of the bedroom. This allows the replacement water to reach room temperature...

What size tank do you have that you need to rinse deco on a water change date? If you are rinsing the gravel and deco under a tap water faucet you are just killing off "good" bacteria and whatever cycle process that had started will be back to ground zero again.

Ehehehe i got my water temp during my change spot on today using what i believe is the "finger under the faucet method" :)